Meeting de Paris
DateJuly
LocationParis, France France
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
Official siteDiamond League – Paris

Meeting de Paris (formerly known as the Meeting Areva and Meeting Gaz de France) is an annual track and field meeting at the Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, France. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League. It was first organized in 1999. The record attendance was set on 1 July 2005, with a total of 70,253 spectators.[2]

History

The origins of the meet date back to 1984 when Michel Zilbermann organised an athletics meeting at the Stade Auguste Delaune. Another meeting in Paris was held annually in the Stade Sébastien Charléty. The two meets collaborated to create a new event in the Stade de France in 1999. Following this, the two meetings officially merged to become one meet in 2000. The meeting's founder Zilbermann died in April 2008 following a long illness.[2]

The 2009 event was marred by heavy rain but Kenenisa Bekele, Kerron Stewart, Sanya Richards and Yelena Isinbayeva all remained on target for the 2009 Golden League jackpot. A particular highlight was Usain Bolt's 9.79 seconds run for the 100 m meet record, which was closely followed by a national-record-breaking Daniel Bailey. There were 46,500 people in attendance to see new French record holder Renaud Lavillenie win the pole vault competition.[3] The 2013 event was headlined by Usain Bolt setting a World Leading time in the 200m in front of 50,226 fans. In 2017, the meeting moved back to Stade Sébastien Charléty. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Editions

The 2023 meeting at the Charléty stadium
Edition Date Meet name Series Ref.
1 1984 Meeting de Saint-Denis
...
15 3 July 1999 1999 Meeting Gaz de France IAAF Grand Prix
16 23 June 2000 2000 Meeting Gaz de France 2000 IAAF Golden League [5]
17 6 July 2001 2001 Meeting Gaz de France 2001 IAAF Golden League [6]
18 5 July 2002 2002 Meeting Gaz de France 2002 IAAF Golden League
19 4 July 2003 2003 Meeting Gaz de France 2003 IAAF Golden League
20 23 July 2004 2004 Meeting Gaz de France 2004 IAAF Golden League
21 1 July 2005 2005 Meeting Gaz de France 2005 IAAF Golden League
22 8 July 2006 2006 Meeting Gaz de France 2006 IAAF Golden League
23 6 July 2007 2007 Meeting Gaz de France 2007 IAAF Golden League
24 18 July 2008 2008 Meeting Gaz de France 2008 IAAF Golden League [7]
25 17 July 2009 2009 Meeting Areva 2009 IAAF Golden League [8]
26 16 July 2010 2010 Meeting Areva 2010 Diamond League [9]
27 8 July 2011 2011 Meeting Areva 2011 Diamond League [10]
28 6 July 2012 2012 Meeting Areva 2012 Diamond League [11]
29 6 July 2013 2013 Meeting Areva 2013 Diamond League [12]
30 5 July 2014 2014 Meeting Areva 2014 Diamond League
31 4 July 2015 2015 Meeting Areva 2015 Diamond League
32 27 August 2016 2016 Meeting de Paris 2016 Diamond League
33 1 July 2017 2017 Meeting de Paris 2017 Diamond League
34 30 June 2018 2018 Meeting de Paris 2018 Diamond League
35 24 August 2019 2019 Meeting de Paris 2019 Diamond League
36 28 August 2021 2021 Meeting de Paris 2021 Diamond League
37 18 June 2022 2022 Meeting de Paris 2022 Diamond League
38 9 June 2023 2023 Meeting de Paris 2023 Diamond League

World records

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2023 Two miles 7:54.10 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway
3000 m steeplechase 7:52.11 Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia
5000 m 14:05.20 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya

Meeting records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.79 (−0.2 m/s) Usain Bolt  Jamaica 17 July 2009
200 m 19.65 (+0.2 m/s) Noah Lyles  United States 24 August 2019 [13]
400 m 43.86 Jeremy Wariner  United States 18 July 2008 [14]
800 m 1:41.54 DLR David Rudisha  Kenya 6 July 2012 [15]
1000 m 2:13.73 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 2 July 1993
1500 m 3:28.38 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 6 July 2001 [16]
Mile 3:49.01 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 29 July 1998
2000 m 4:58.21 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 4 June 1992
3000 m 7:24.00+[a] Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 9 June 2023 [17][18]
Two miles 7:54.10 WB Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 9 June 2023 [17]
5000 m 12:40.18 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 1 July 2005 [19]
10000 m 27:22.95 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 9 July 1982
110 m hurdles 12.88 (+0.5 m/s) Dayron Robles  Cuba 18 July 2008
400 m hurdles 46.98 Abderrahman Samba  Qatar 30 June 2018 [20]
3000 m steeplechase 7:52.11 WR Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia 9 June 2023 [17]
High jump 2.40 m Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 19 July 1991
Pole vault 6.01 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 28 August 2021 [21]
Long jump 8.66 m (+0.9 m/s) Mike Powell  United States 29 June 1990
Triple jump 18.06 m (+0.4 m/s) Will Claye  United States 24 August 2019 [22]
Shot put 22.44 m Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 24 August 2019 [23]
Discus throw 70.21 m Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 23 July 2004 [24]
Hammer throw 83.00 m Balázs Kiss  Hungary 4 June 1998
Javelin throw 91.40 m Jan Železný  Czech Republic 29 July 1998
4 × 100 m relay 38.22 Méba Mickaël Zeze
Jeff Erius
Ryan Zeze
Jimmy Vicaut 		 France 9 June 2023 [25]

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 10.67 (+0.5 m/s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 18 June 2022 [26]
200 m 21.99 (+0.2 m/s) Marion Jones  United States 21 July 1999
400 m 49.12 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 9 June 2023 [17]
800 m 1:54.25 DLR Caster Semenya  South Africa 30 June 2018 [27]
1000 m 2:32.40 Ella Kovács  Romania 2 July 1993
1500 m 3:55.22 Laura Muir  Great Britain 27 August 2016 [28]
Mile 4:18.08 Mary Slaney  United States 9 July 1982
3000 m 8:19.08 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi 28 August 2021 [29]
5000 m 14:05.20 WR Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 9 June 2023 [17]
10000 m 31:08.41 Catherina McKiernan  Ireland 17 June 1995
100 m hurdles 12.32 (+1.6 m/s) Ludmila Engquist  Russia 4 June 1992
400 m hurdles 53.06 Kim Batten  United States 29 July 1998
3000 m steeplechase 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet  Bahrain 27 August 2016 [30]
High jump 2.04 m Mariya Lasitskene  Authorised Neutral Athletes 30 June 2018 [31]
Pole vault 4.91 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 6 July 2007 [32]
Long jump 7.15 m (+1.7 m/s) Heike Drechsler  Germany 6 July 1992
Triple jump 15.12 m (−0.9 m/s) Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 4 July 2003 [33]
Shot put 20.78 m Nadezhda Ostapchuk  Belarus 16 July 2010
Valerie Adams  New Zealand 8 July 2011 [34]
Discus throw 69.04 m Valarie Allman  United States 9 June 2023 [17]
Hammer throw 72.43 m Yipsi Moreno  Cuba 23 July 2004 [35]
Javelin throw 68.01 m Christina Obergföll  Germany 8 July 2011 [36]

Notes

  1. ^ by World Athletics source; 7:23.8 by official Race Analysis

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